Grip for ice-shavers



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H. G. GARNELL.

GRIP FOR ICE SHAVERS.

No. 320,624. Patented June 23, 1885 WITNESSES: IN'VENTOR: %?07/m% v/#4542 W0 6; Di

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY c. OARNELL, 0F DAYTON, 01110.

GRIP FOR lCE-SHAVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,624, dated June23,1885.

Application filed April 28, 1855.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY G. CARNELL,

of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and Improved Grip for Ice-Shavers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved grip forholding a piece of ice while sliding it over an ice-planer to shave theice into small chips for cooling beverages, such as soda-water, Ste.

The invention consists in an ice'grip formed of a metal plate secured ona block and having two downwardly-curved jaws, which have teeth formedon their ends for gripping the block of ice placed between them.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side View of my improved icegrip. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view of the same.

On the top of a block, A, of wood a springmetal plate, B, is secured,which forms two curved prongs, 0, extending downward and flared towardtheir ends, teeth D being formed on the enlarged edges of the prongs.Outwardly-curved guards or flanges E are formed on the outer sides ofthe prongs 0, near their toothed edges.

The block A of wood is placed on the piece of ice F, the toothed edgesof the prongs 0 being (ModelJ separated to admit the block of ice Fbetween them. The spring-tension on the prongs forces the teeth D intothe sides of the block of ice, whereby the grip is held securely on theblock of ice. The hand is placed on the grip, the ends of the fingersresting on the guards E, and the block is placed upon the ice-planer G,on which the block of ice is moved to and fro to shave off the ice.

The grip can be used on blocks of ice of different sizes, as the prongscan be separated more or less.

The ice is held securely by the grip.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-grip formed of a spring-metal plate secured on a block andforming two prongs curved downward and toward each other at the sides ofthe block, and having teeth on their end edges,substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. An ice-grip, formed of a spring-metal plate secured to a block andforming two sideprongs curved downward and toward each other at thesides of the block, which prongs have teeth formed in their ends andhave guards or flanges on their outer sides near the toothed edges,substantially as herein shown and described.

HARRY G. (DARNELL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. LUTZENBERGER, J. A. PEANNER.

